Sheep-shears.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

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sra'rns PATENT OFFIQEQ \VILLIAM A. SCOTT, OF LARAMIE, WYOMING, ASSIGNOROF ONE-THIRD TO JENNIE L. GRIFFIN AND ONE-THIRD TO CARL MILES, BOTH OFLARAMIE, WYOMING.

SHEEP-SHEARS- Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Annlication filed June 27, 1906. Serial No. 323,708.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. Soon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Laramie, in the county of Albany and State of WVyoming, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheep-Shears and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked tliereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sheep-shears;and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficientdevice of this nature in which the blades are removably held to suitablehandles and in the provision of buffer means carried by each handle,whereby the movements of the blades in opposite directions in shearingmay be limited.

The invention consists in various details of construction andarrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a side elevation of my improved shears. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthrough one of the shearblades, a detail of the invention being shown inelevation; and 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 8 of 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A Adesignate two handles, the ends of which are curved, as at A, andfastened together by means of rivets B. Each of said handles is made,preferably, of semicylindrical shape, and D and D designate two blades,which have shank portions E, which are semicylindrical in shape andadapted to seat in the concaved portions of the handles. Bolts F areprovided for holding said blades to the handles, and secured to eachshank portion and handle is a curved arm K, held by one of said bolts inthe manner clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Each of said armshas a ring N fiXed thereto and adapted to hold a buffer O, which on itsinner end is recessed away, as at O, to receive a nut Q. Each of saidhandles is provided with a buffer, as shown, the inner end of which iscontracted and held in the concaved portion of the shankof the blade, asshown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of the bufferspositioned as illustrated the movements of the blades in shearing willbe limited and gradually stopped when they reach their limits inopposite directions. The resiliency of the curved portions A will causethe blades to normally assume the positions shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

What I claim is A sheep-shears comprising two handles which are concavedand provided with resilient portions which are fastened together,blades, each having a concaved shank portion, means for fastening theshank portions of the handles, a curved arm fixed to each handle, a ringfixed to each arm, a buffer mounted in each ring, the inner end of eachbuffer being recessed away, a bolt securing the blade to said handle,and a nut over said bolt seated in said recess, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in-the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SCOTT.

WVitnesses:

GRANT KISOR, FRANK HEWITT.

